Ranch Hand

Ranch Hand at Boarman Brothers LLC in Pawnee, IL.

Duties may include: Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals during winter months when cattle cannot graze. Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Break ice dams in water supply and water supply lines. Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions to ensure proper health and weight gain in calves. Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos & other related Ranch Hand activities as per SOC/OES 45-2093 (onetonline.org).

Possible weekend/holiday work.

The employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the published minimum wage rate. See attached Addendum C.

Work begins January 1, 2027 and ends March 30, 2027.

Pay is $18.75 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 50 hours per week.